{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-act-2004/section-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-act-2004/section-37.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/21",
  "legislation_title": "Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-act-2004",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Prohibition on employment of police in fire-fighting",
  "text": "(1) No member of a police force may be employed by a fire and rescue authority or a relevant chief constable for the purpose of—\n(a) extinguishing fires, or\n(b) protecting life and property in the event of fires.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the exercise of functions under section 7 (fire-fighting) by—\n(a) a relevant chief constable, or\n(b) a deputy chief constable to whom such functions have been delegated by a relevant chief constable.\n(3) In this section “relevant chief constable” means the chief constable of a police force for a police area to whom —\n(a) functions of a fire and rescue authority have been delegated under an order under section 4H, or\n(b) functions of a fire and rescue authority which are exercisable by the mayor of a combined authority have been delegated under an order under section 107EA(2) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 37 substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 12; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 37(3) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 17.7.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 8(9)(a), 183(1)(5)(e); S.I. 2017/726, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 37(3)(b) and word inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 17.7.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 8(9)(b), 183(1)(5)(e); S.I. 2017/726, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/21/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:04.223984+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}